Vicente Labarca - Núñez (2009)

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8.6

/Instrumental, DIY, Lo-fi, Blues, Improvised music, Fusion/ 

Comment: this bunch of 4 tracks contains angularly recorded guitars and rhythm sequences,i.e this is an example of the genuine DIY recording. Now and then it sounds like the kind of live jamming, more profoundly, made up of surging yet repetition-heavy blues fabrics and some fusion-tinged forays. However, a huge amount of galvanic power and convulsive energy used to ooze out of any slots represented on this rough publication. 

Tallinn Daggers - Not A Sin

Mirror Mode - Veils EP (2011)

  

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8.9

/Shoegazetronica, Glo-fi, Dreamwave, Chillwave, Experimental indie, Post-psychedelic electronica, Post-pop, Poptronica/

Comment: This 6-piece EP is a catchy instance of a modern indie concept full of blissful synth bounces, programmed haziness and hectic guitar dust. Indeed, this issue can be considered a crossover album incorporating evenhandedly the aspects of suggestive, even anthemic shoegaze-esque propulsions and somnolent, dream-filled glo-fi/chillwave-ish immersion. These elements are backed up by dance-appealed vibes and frequencies. The project can be compared with the likes of Dykehouse, The Bilinda Butchers, Ecovillage, Teen Daze, and Locust (if to name just a few artists among others).

Spectral Park - Factory Peeled (2011)

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9.3

/DIY, Psychedelia, Art punk, Crossover, Acid folk, Garage rock, Psych-rock/

Comment: this set of handful of notches is composed of the aspects of sheer, organ-driven psychedelia harking back to the 60s acid folk and rasping garage rock tradition and on the other side the issue involves some elements of punk aesthetics due to the impressive glimpses of hootenanny and ideology of DIY culture. The result is a rough yet charming one.

Al Lover - Cheapsdrugfreelove (2012)

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9.3

/Psychedelia, Psych-rock, Avant-blues, Ambient rock, Experimental rock, Dance rock, Avant-rock, Space rock/

Comment: the templates of these tracks used to base on three whales - fisrstly, there are presented knee-deep, blues-driven propulsions, secondly you can perceive spacey, psych-rock reverberations and thirdly highly compelling dance rock grooves and sequences. It is filled with motorik drums and looping guitars` chords, and nervous yet catchy organ washes. Light-hearted chords are variegated with more obscure whiffs and oscillations. By listening to it, however, the subject could draw parallels upon the likes of Primal Scream, The Jefferson Airplane, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Gong, and Spacemen 3.

Red Alder - Dissociation (2011)

 

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8.8

/Drone pop, Ambient pop, Alternative, Slowcore, Ethereal pop, Experimental indie, Leftfield/

Comment: having no exact idea of how should the concept "dissociation" be interpreted in the concrete, 7-piece context. Maybe it used to disseminate the idea of escapism, more concretely, the opposition to an alienated world. Musically, of course, it is not so strange, though, there are up some discrete ideas and hidden virtues. Stylistically it mainly veers away from solemn drone pop and a little ghastly slowcore-tinged progressions to more ethereal, even ambient-alike flickers and lofty, infiltrated modern classical developments. For instance, Planet Fall is an epic, dark-hued impression full of internal combustion.

Inca Gold - Ghostbride

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